Greek verb · G3955
παῤῥησιάζομαι
parrhesiazomaipar-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee
to preach boldly
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: parrhēsiázomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3955is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3955
to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor
The King James renders it: be (wax) bold, (preach, speak) boldly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
parrhesiazomai is rendered "to preach boldly". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 9:27Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
Acts 9:27ἐπαρρησιάσατο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's eight uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Having spoken boldly1
- he had spoken boldly1
- he was speaking boldly1
- I may be bold1
- speaking boldly1
- to speak boldly1
- using boldness1
- we had boldness1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| παῤῥησία | parrhesia | boldness | Uses31 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπαρρησιάζετο1
- ἐπαρρησιασάμεθα1
- ἐπαρρησιάσατο1
- παρρησιάζεσθαι1
- παρρησιαζόμενοι1
- παρρησιαζόμενος1
- παρρησιασάμενοί1
- παρρησιάσωμαι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 1st person plural1V-ADI-1P
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-ADI-3S
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-ADP-NPM
- verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-ADS-1S
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-INI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PNN
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PNP-NPM
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PNP-NSM
Acts
six uses
Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
- ἐπαρρησιάσατοeparresiasatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he had spoken boldly
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- παρρησιασάμενοίparresiasamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having spoken boldly
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
- παρρησιαζόμενοιparresiazomenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking boldly
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
- παρρησιάζεσθαιparresiazesthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak boldly
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
- ἐπαρρησιάζετοeparresiazetoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was speaking boldly
For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
- παρρησιαζόμενοςparresiazomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: using boldness
Ephesians
one use
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
- παρρησιάσωμαιparresiasomaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may be bold
1 Thessalonians
one use
As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
- ἐπαρρησιασάμεθαeparresiasamethaverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we had boldness
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.